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: 2005 In Sports
- NFL Week 17
- --- Denver Broncos 23, San Diego Chargers 7: ''Tatum Bell scored three touchdowns for the Broncos, but could muster only 52 yards, leaving him short of a 1,000 yard season, missing out on joining teammate Mike Anderson.''
- --- had a 95-yard touchdown run, the longest in Giant history; Plaxico Burress caught a 78-yard touchdown pass from Eli Manning ; and the Giants won the NFC East title, ending the four-year reign of the Philadelphia Eagles , and also clinched a playoff berth for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the process.''
- NCAA College Football
- --- 14, South Florida 0: ''The ACC's Wolfpack shuts out the Big East's Bulls for the first time since the USF program began in 1997.''
- --- 31, Fresno State 24: ''Golden Hurricane QB Paul Smith scored the winning touchdown for the C-USA champions over the WAC Bulldogs.''
- ---EV1.net , 2006 , three days after their triumph in Houston , TCU's freshman kicker, Kasey Davis , is found shot to death in the parking lot of an apartment complex.''
- NCAA College Basketball
- ---(21) , who also made the shot in March Of Last Year that ended Illinois ' bid for a perfect season. Ohio State trailed by 15 points with just over 5½ minutes left and was down by 10 with 2½ minutes to go, but managed to come back and get the win. They are one of eight undefeated teams left.
- --- thriller that lasted 50 minutes, two overtimes. With 5.1 seconds to go Kirk Walters made a Free Throw to give Arizona the lead. It ended Washington's best start to a season since 1975 and also ended the longest current home-winning streak, at 32 games. The new leader is Gonzaga at 30. Washington is another undefeated team to fall, as they go to 11-1. Arizona improves to 9-3, and 2-0 in the Pac-10.
- ---(14) 's 18 points and 8 Rebound s. They were bouncing back from an upset loss to West Virginia the previous week, and now move to 8-2, likely holding on to their top 15 spot, if not moving up. Alabama's season has been disapointing to say the least, as they now move to 6-5.
- ---(1) Duke 102, UNC-Greensboro 69
- ---(10) Louisville 58, Miami (FL) 43
- --- California 68, (11) UCLA 61
- ---(3) Villanova 75, Temple 53
- ---(8) Gonzaga 102, St. Joseph's 94
- --- Pittsburgh 73, (24) Wisconsin 64
- NCAA College Football
- ---Gaylord Hotels in Nashville.''
- ---Vitalis 50, Northwestern 38: ''In the sole Big Ten-Pac 10 matchup this bowl season, the Bruins defeated the Wildcats thanks to two on-side kick returns for touchdowns by Brandon Breazell and three touchdown passes by Drew Olson after he had a bad first quarter, throwing three interceptions, two of which were returned for touchdowns in an anomaly, considering that Olson threw a total of three pickoffs in the regular season.''
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- --- 40, Miami (FL) 3: ''The ACC's Hurricanes scored the first three points, but the SEC's Bayou Bengals scored the final forty points thanks to 282 yards rushing in the last game using the "Peach Bowl" name, as beginning next year, the game becomes the "Chick-fil-A Bowl." The post-game was marred by a fight between players from both sides.''
- returned behind the bench for the Phoenix Coyotes , and the team responded as they defeated the Los Angeles Kings , 6-5 in overtime.
- NCAA College Football
- ---, defeated an outmanned ACC Yellow Jackets squad thanks to Brett Ratliff's 30-for-41 performance for 381 yards and four touchdowns, all caught by wideout Travis LaTendresse. Quinton Genther added 120 rushing yards.''
- ---Pacific Life 17, Oregon 14: ''The Sooners stunned the sixth-ranked Ducks in a typical Holiday Bowl finish, with Cliff Ingram intercepting Brady Leaf's pass deep in Sooner territory. It's the second straight year a high-ranked Pac-10 team was shocked by a Big 12 school.''
- Ski Jumping :
- --- wins after jumps of 130.5 and 130 metres, gaining a total of 270.9 points. Norway's Roar Ljøkelsøy finishes second, 2.5 points behind, while World Cup leader Jakub Janda of the Czech Republic is 8.3 points off in third place. TSN.ca
- NCAA College Football
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- ---, but both teams had players on the field other than the eleven legal players on each team winding up with offsetting penalties.''
- NCAA College Football
- --- 19, Colorado 10: ''James Davis rushes for 148 yards and a touchdown as the ACC Tigers survived a game Big 12 Buffaloes comeback.''
- ---, the ''de facto'' host Sun Devils from the Pac-10 — behind Rudy Carpenter's four touchdown passes — rallied to defeat the Scarlet Knights from the Big East in what could very well be the last football game played at Chase Field . Next year's game will move to Sun Devil Stadium on the ASU campus. The teams combined for 1,211 yards total offense, a record for any bowl game.''
- NCAA Men's College Basketball
- ---(4) to go to 10-1, their best start since 1985-86. The nation's leading scorer, Gonzaga's Adam Morrison , scores 34 points, but goes cold at the wrong time, failing to score in the final 9:31 of the game.''
- Rugby Union
- --- Jonah Lomu scores his first try since his 2004 Kidney Transplant . The All Blacks legend crosses the line for the Cardiff Blues early in the second half of a 41-23 Celtic League win over the Newport Gwent Dragons .
- NCAA College Football
- --- scored three touchdowns, but the MAC Champion Zips gave C-USA's Tigers a scare late.''
- NFL Monday Night Football
- --- broadcast of the series after thirty-six seasons and 555 games, the Pats prevailed thanks to two Mike Vrabel touchdown catches. Next September, the MNF package will be moving to Disney -owned sibling ESPN .''
- NBA Christmas Doubleheader
- --- registered 20 points as the Pistons got a measure of revenge in a rematch of last year's NBA Finals .''
- --- had 37 points for the Lakers, but fell short on South Beach as Shaquille O'Neal now goes to 3-0 against Kobe and the Lakers.''
- NFL Week 16
- --- four times.''
- --- threw for 289 yards in the victory.''
- NFL Week 16
- --- Tampa Bay Buccaneers 27, Atlanta Falcons 24 (OT): ''Matt Bryant's 41-yard field goal with 14 seconds left in overtime eliminates the Falcons from post-season contention.''
- --- has two touchdowns — a 99-yard kickoff return and a late 46-yard interception of Carson Palmer — to ruin the Bengals' hopes of a first-round bye. McGee becomes the first player in NFL history to return a kickoff and interception for TDs in the same game.''
- --- two-yard TD pass to Terry Glenn with 24 seconds left keeps the Cowboys' post-season hopes alive.''
- ---At the 's 39-yard field goal as time expires gives the Lions the win in the Saints' last "home game" of the year.''
- --- Jacksonville Jaguars 38, Houston Texans 20: ''The Jags trailed in the fourth quarter but come back to clinch a wild-card spot with the victory over the game Texans.''
- --- catches three TD passes, and the Redskins stay alive in the post-season hunt.''
- --- eight times in the shutout.''
- --- to 49 rushing yards, remain alive in the playoff race.''
- ---/ Vince Young / Matt Leinart Number One Draft Pick sweepstakes.''
- --- runs for 172 yards in the Dolphins' win.''
- --- came to a victorious end. Next season, the team will move to their new Stadium in Glendale .''
- --- scored his 27th touchdown of the season, tying the NFL record with a game left in the 2005 season.''
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- NCAA College Football
- ---Sheraton 49, Central Florida 48 (OT): ''Matt Prater missed an extra point in the overtime to give the WAC Wolf Pack the victory over the Golden Knights from C-USA.''
- Cricket :
- --- India defeats Sri Lanka by 259 runs in the 3rd Test at Chennai , India , winning the three-Test series 2-0. Cricinfo scorecard
- NCAA College Football
- ---Pioneer Pure Vision 35, BYU 28: ''Marshawn Lynch had 194 yards rushing and three touchdowns as the Bears of the Pac-10 edged the Cougars from the MWC.''
- ---San Diego County Credit Union 51, Colorado State 30: ''Reggie Campbell tied an NCAA bowl record with five touchdowns — three rushing, two recieveing — as the independent Midshipmen sailed to victory in the inaugural game over the MWC's Rams.''
- head coach Tony Dungy 's son James, is found dead. The cause is apparently suicide
- NCAA Men's College Basketball
- ---(3) of Philadelphia since Temple and Villanova were both 6-0 in 1981 , and the only Big 5 matchup that pitted two 7-0 (or better) undefeated teams against each other, Villanova's Allan Ray and Randy Foye combine for 41 points to crush La Salle. The Wildcats, not surprisingly, have gone to 8-0, while the surprisingly successful Explorers fall to 7-1.
- ---'s 25 points.
- NCAA College Football
- --- 45, UTEP 13: ''Bruce Gradowski throws five touchdown passes and Trinity Dawson rushes for 132 yards to lead the MAC's Rockets in a rout of the C-USA Miners.''
- Men's led Duke with 18 points.
- NFL Week 15
- --- Houston Texans 30, Arizona Cardinals 19: ''The Texans win their second game of the year thanks to six sacks and a 24-point second quarter.''
- ---At , playing for the benched Aaron Brooks , throws four interceptions for New Orleans.''
- --- throws a fourth-quarter 50-yard touchdown to Marty Booker , and the Dolphins defense holds for a win.''
- --- scores on a 59-yard run, and Mike McMahon hits Mike Bartrum for the game-winning touchdown pass in a sloppy Eagles win.''
- --- Pittsburgh Steelers 18, Minnesota Vikings 3: ''The Steelers defense holds Minnesota to minus-20 yards on the Vikings' final four possessions.''
- ---'s 83-yard touchdown run for San Diego ensures the Colts' first loss of the year. The Chargers sack Peyton Manning four times, pick him off twice and hold Indy to 24 rushing yards.''
- ---'s 32-yard field goal proves the difference.''
- --- and a 172-yard day from Shaun Alexander .
- --- throws three first-half touchdowns as Cincinnati clinches its first division title since 1988 .''
- --- blocks a Sebastian Janikowski field-goal attempt, the Browns' Phil Dawson kicks his third three-pointer of the game as time expires.''
- --- throws four touchdown passes — three to Chris Cooley — before halftime. After the game, an angry Bill Parcells refuses to shake Joe Gibbs ' hand.''
- --- all evening; Rex Grossman makes his first appearance of the season in relief of Kyle Orton .''
- , Russian Nicolay Valuev became the tallest (7 feet; 2.13 meters tall) and largest (330 lbs; 149.7 kg) to win a heavyweight championship in a controversial majority decision over John Ruiz to win the WBA version of the title.
- coach and part owner Wayne Gretzky takes an indefinite leave of absence from his duties as coach of the team due to his mother suffering from lung cancer. Assistant coach Rick Tocchet will serve as interim coach.
- NFL Week 15
- --- seven times, clinch the AFC East.''
- ---, who had 167 yards and two touchdowns for the Chiefs.''
- --- catches 11 passes — nine in the first half — for 137 yards and a touchdown, and Denver clinches the AFC West.''
- NCAA Men's College Basketball
- --- the previous week while #2 in the country, Texas is crushed by unranked, but unbeaten, Tennessee In Austin . It is assumed Texas will drop more ranks, possibly out of the Top 10, when the next poll is taken on Monday. Chris Lofton led Tennessee with 21 points, while P.J. Tucker had 20 for Texas.''
- ---(23) 79-53), Tubby Smith and the Wildcats stifle Louisville's Offense to go on to the 12-point win, behind Rajon Rondo 's 21-point game. Kentucky improves to 7-3, while Louisville is no longer undefeated at 6-1. Louisville's six wins had all been against Mid-major squads.''
- ---(14) to the hands of ranked rival UCLA. The Bruins improve to 8-1 with their only loss coming to 5th ranked Memphis (88-80). Michigan is now 7-1.''
- was removed from the record books. Another American sprinter, Chryste Gaines , was given a similar penalty for her involvement. Neither had failed a urine analysis test, but both will forfeit any medals they had won in competition. The United States Anti-Doping Agency had requested four-year bans for both. (AP/Yahoo!)
- NFL Monday Night Football
- --- throws for two touchdowns and runs for a third, but is injured in the fourth quarter of the rout of New Orleans.''
- Swimming :
- --- 2005 European Short Course Championships in Trieste , Italy ends. Hungary was best with six gold and one bronze.
- NFL Week 14
- --- in a driving snowstorm.''
- --- rushes for 169 yards, and Shayne Graham kicks a game-winning 37-yard field goal.''
- --- throws for 324 yards.''
- --- misses on a 31-yard field goal on the last play; Pacman Jones returns a punt 52 yards for a touchdown for the Titans.''
- --- couldn't stop the Patriots' defense, as they held the Bills to a total of fourteen rushing yards.''
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- --- five times in winning its sixth straight game.''
- --- has 112 yards and two touchdowns for the Bucs, who tie the Pathers for first place in the NFC South.''
- --- kicks four field goals, including the 36-yard game-winner in overtime. With the loss, the Eagles are eliminated from playoff contention, marking the fouth straight year that the NFC Champion from the previous season failed to make the playoffs.''
- --- Seattle Seahawks 41, San Francisco 49ers 3: ''The win, combined with the Rams' loss at Minnesota, clinches the NFC West for the Seahawks.''
- --- Washington Redskins 17, Arizona Cardinals 13: ''Antonio Brown's 91-yard kickoff return proves the difference for the Redskins.''
- --- throws two costly Red Zone interceptions for the Ravens.''
- --- throws a 1-yard touchdown pass to Dan Campbell, then Lawrence Tynes misses a 41-yard field-goal attempt as time expires.''
- --- has another big day for Miami, catching eight passes for 121 yards and two touchdowns. The Chargers are still tied with the Chiefs.''
- --- rushed for 171 yards, and Ryan Longwell 's 28-yard field goal in the extra session gave the Pack a much deserved win on the "frozen tundra" of Lambeau Field .''
- was more of a lopsided affair as J. J. Redick led the Blue Devils with 41 points, including nine three-point baskets, outshooting the whole Longhorn team (who could only get three trifectas) by himself. LaMarcus Aldridge led Texas with 23 points.''
- wins the 2005 Heisman Trophy as the best player in college football. The Heisman is probably the most-venerated individual honor in American sports.
- Basketball :
- --- defeat the Charlotte Bobcats , 97-84, to score the franchise's 1,000th win. nba.com
- ; her first appearance at the top of the podium, and the first Swedish WC win since 2001. Russia n team mates Olga Zaitseva and Natalia Guseva finishes second and third, 40 seconds and 1 min 45 sec behind, respectively. Olofsson and Guseva had two shooting errors, while Zaitseva, advancing to the lead in the WC total score, made only one error. (Biathlonworld)
- Group stage, Matchday 6:
- ---Teams qualifying for the round of 16 are in . Teams going into the UEFA Cup are in ''italics''.
--Group A: Rapid Vienna 1–3
--Group A: '' Club Brugge '' 1–1
--Group B: 0–0 ''' Ajax '''
--Group B: Sparta Prague 0–0 '' FC Thun ''
--Group C: '' Udinese '' 0–2
--Group C: 5–1 Panathinaikos
--Group D: 1–0 '' Lille ''
--Group D: 2–1 Manchester United
--''Draw for the Round of 16 takes place on – 22 February 2006 .''
- NCAA
- --- games, as expected, Southern California and Texas , the number one and two teams all season long, were placed into the Rose Bowl for the National Championship game January 4 . In the other three games that make up the BCS, the Orange Bowl chooses Big Ten co-champion Penn State to face ACC winner Florida State on January 3 . In the two games that are scheduled for January 2 , the Fiesta Bowl selects Notre Dame and the other co-champion of the Big Ten, Ohio State after both met criteria set forth by the BCS, and SEC champion Georgia and West Virginia out of the Big East will face off in the Sugar Bowl . More bowl matchups were announced and can be found On This Page .''
- ---Women's , the Portland Pilots, behind two goals by Canada International Christine Sinclair , shut out UCLA by a 4-0 score, made even more incredible by the fact that the Bruins had shut out all their previous five NCAA tournament opponents before this game. The Pilots finish the season unbeaten (24 wins, 2 draws).''
- National Football League Week 13
- --- five times and intercept him twice; DeShaun Foster rushes for 131 yards.''
- ---' fifteenth reception — a 4-yard touchdown from Sage Rosenfels with six seconds left — caps a 21-point fourth-quarter Miami comeback.''
- --- throws for 386 yards, but the Bengals intercept him three times as they take a two-game lead in the AFC North.''
- --- four times to take first place in the NFC East.''
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- --- leads the Ravens on a last-minute drive that ends in a game-winning 38-yard field goal by Matt Stover .''
- --- five times in the second half; Greg Jones rushes for 103 yards.''
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- ---At intercepts Aaron Brooks three times, including an end-zone pickoff with 1:33 left.''
- --- throws three touchdown passes as the Colts go to 12-0, and become the first team to clinch a playoff berth.''
- --- and Anquan Boldin connected for a 54-yard touchdown to give the Cards a win and keep the 49ers in last place in the NFC West.''
- --- rushed for 136 yards and two touchdowns in the Redskins' win, which clinches the NFC West for the Seattle Seahawks .''
- --- during the month of December.''
- --- becomes the all-time leading scorer in Pats history as the defending champions beat the battered Jets.''
- --- throws for 160 yards and two touchdowns, while LaDainian Tomlinson has a total of 110 yards, as the Chargers rout the Raiders for their fifth straight win.''
- NCAA Men's College Basketball
- ---(4) accounted for 32 of Nova's points on the night, while often injured big man Jason Fraser added 10 of his own. It was the 4th game for Nova who go to 4-0 and was the 5th for Oklahoma who fall to 4-1. Both teams are thought of as perennial contenders for the Final Four .''
- --- and 6 from Freshman star Tyler Hansbrough , who also had 9 Rebound s. UNC improved to 4-1, while Kentucky fell to 5-2.''
- defeats Bernard Hopkins by a razor thin unaminous dicision, scoring 115-113 on all three ringside judges scorecards and retains the undisputed middleweight championship in Las Vegas, Nevada .
- NCAA College Football (Includes all AP Top 25 teams)
- ---Conference Championship Games
--, upset the home team and earn a trip to the Liberty Bowl .''
-- with a six-touchdown performance in the first half. Heisman Trophy candidate Vince Young was responsible for four of those touchdowns, three through the air and running in another.''
--, upset the Tigers and will return to meet West Virginia in the Sugar Bowl as the game moves from its' regular home in New Orleans due to damage suffered by Hurricane Katrina to the game's regular home, the Louisiana Superdome .''
-- against Joe Paterno and the Penn State Nittany Lions.''
- --- QB Zac Dahman, Navy wins their fourth straight game, 42-23 behind 490 yards rushing, 129 of them by Adam Ballard. The Poinsettia Bowl -bound Midshipmen take home the Commander In Chief's Trophy , by virtue of beating both Army and Air Force for the third straight year. and now lead the series 50-49 with seven ties''
- ---(1) on January 4 against Texas, thanks to Heisman Trophy candidate Reggie Bush 's 260 yards rushing and 2 TDs.''
- ---(12) West Virginia 28, South Florida 13
- ---(16) Louisville 30, UConn 20
- Canadian Football
- --- 24, Saskatchewan 23: ''The Golden Hawks win the championship of Canadian university football on a 32-yard field goal with 19 seconds left.''
- Championship Game in Detroit
- --- with a 7-4 record, Akron wins its first MAC championship on a 36-yard touchdown pass to Domenik Hixon with 10 seconds left. The Zips advance to the Motor City Bowl , their first bowl game ever as a Division I-A member.''
''(For earlier sports events, see May 2004 and preceding months)''
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